Duchess had promised convicted sex offender she would never have anything to do with him again

Just weeks after publicly disowning paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Sarah Ferguson wrote him a gushing private message calling him a 'steadfast, generous and supreme friend'.

A spokesperson for the duchess says the message was sent to counter a threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation.

The Duchess of York’s spokesperson said she sent the letter to “assuage” Jeffrey Epstein after he threatened her with defamation

Duchess had promised convicted sex offender she would never have anything to do with him again

Sarah Ferguson urged to ‘come clean about how much money she took from him and whether she paid any back’

Seven charities, including the Teenage Cancer Trust, remove the former wife of Prince Andrew as a patron or ambassador.

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In the 2011 message obtained by 'The Mail' on Sunday, Sarah Ferguson called Jeffrey Epstein a 'steadfast, generous and supreme friend' and apologized for disowning him.

Duchess of York called convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a ‘supreme friend’ in a 2011 email and apologised for linking him to sex abuse.

Children's charity Julia's House today said it would be 'inappropriate' to stay involved with Sarah Ferguson - and other organisations have swiftly followed suit.

British newspapers published an email that Fergie reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender and financier.

Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Britain's Prince Andrew, reportedly was dropped as a patron from several British charities after an email surfaced related to disgraced financier…

Children’s hospice Julia’s House announced the move followed by other charities after an email showed Sarah Ferguson had apologised to the convicted paedophile for disowning him

The Duchess of York was defended by football WAG Lizzie Cundy, who told of speaking to Fergie amid fall-out from revelations by the Mail on Sunday.

The Duchess of York's spokesman sensationally claimed that a 'chilling' call from the sex offender financier is why she was fawning over him in leaked correspondence from 2011.

As more gushing emails emerge, Sarah Ferguson is once again rethinking her ‘supreme’ friendship with the super-rich sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, says Guardian columnist Marina…

Sarah Ferguson called Epstein a ‘supreme friend’ a month after calling their connection a ‘terrible error of judgement’

Sarah Ferguson’s then spokesperson recalls disgraced financier’s ‘Hannibal Lecter-style’ phone call after she disowned him

The Duchess of York's spokesman James Henderson has come to the fierce defence of the royal, saying 'her children will always come first to her'.

The Duchess of York had already been dropped by a string of charities in the UK after her bombshell leaked email to Jeffrey Epstein.